Kettle.



y PATENTBD DBO. 5, 1905. 5 was. MICHAEL & A. R. ANDERSON.

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ArrLloA'rloN FILED JAN. 1s. 1905.

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NEW YORK.

KETTLEIl Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dee. 5, 1905.

Application ned January 1s, i905. serial No. 240,955.

To a/ZZ whom/lit may concern:

Be it known that we, WEBSTER S. MICHAEL -and ANDREW R. ANDERSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Kettles, of which the followingis a specifi-V cation. Y

It is well known that in handling the common form of kettle for boilingwater the hands are often burned, duev to displacement of the cover ofthe kettle or escape of steam or from similar cause. The use of a coverfor a kettle is disadvantageous in that the same is located near thehandle of the kettle and is in the way, likely to be lost, andnecessitates filling of the receptacle at an inconvenient portion of.

the body thereof.

This invention provides a receptacle of the' class above mentioned,doing away with the- Vuse of a cover, obviating the likelihood ofscalding the hands of the user, and simplifying the general structure ofthe device generally.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a k-nowlfl edge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescriptionand accompanying drawings.

While the invention may vbe adapted to different forms and conditions by`changes in the structure and minor details without de-- parting fromthe spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodimentthere-V of is shown in the accompanying drawings,` l

' but when condensed will pass back' into the` in which- -Figure 1 is aperspective View of la kettle embodying the essential features oftheinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View.

Corresponding and likeV parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in both the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

A kettle constructed in accordance with this invention is in generalform substantially the same as those now in common use and consists of abody or receptacle 1, entirely closed with the exception of an openingin the side thereof, from which extends a spout 2. The

receptacle 1\is not provided with a cover, as ordinarily employed, thehandle 3 thereof,

however, being of thev usual bail formation and pivotally attached tolugs 4, extending upwardly from the top of the receptacle. The

'spout 2 is of special formation, being provided at its upper extremitywith afunnel-Shaped extension 5 of greater capacity than the spout. Thecover`6 is pivoted to the extension 5 of the spout 2 and normally closesthis 'spout under ordinary conditions of service. In the upper portionof the funnel-shaped extension 5 of the spout 2 said extension may bepressed or bulged outwardly, as Shown at 7, to form a pouring-lip ofcommon form. A knob or Smaller handle 8 is provided for the cover 6 ofthe spout 2. In order to attach the spout to the body of the kettle, theextension 5 is connected therewith by tubes 9 and 10, which not onlyServe as a reinforcement for the spout 2, but the said tubes aEordpassages in communication with the spout and'receptag The tube 10extends. from the upper portion of the body 1 of the kettle to a pointbetween the upper and'lower extremities of the funnel-shaped extension 5of the spout, and this spout affords an escape for the steam generatedinthe kettle, said steam passing from the receptacle at a point. whereit is not 1 likely to scald or injure one who is grasping the handle 3.The area of the extension 5 ycon'duces also to condensing of the steamupon the sides thereof, so that much of the steam .will not pass offthrough the receptacle,

body 1 thereof.

It will be noted that the extension of the `r spout communicating Withthe receptacle and In testimony whereof We aix our signatures Ieadlngtherefrom at a side thereof, said spout 1n presence of two witnesses.

being provided Withafunnel-shaped extension WEBSTER S. MICHAEL. [1.. s]

at its upper end, tubes connecting the funnel- ANDREW R. ANDERSON. [LIs] 5 shaped extension with the upper portion of Witnesses:

the body of the receptacle, and a handle at LILLIAN KEMP,

the top of the receptacle. ROBERT MCILWAINE.

